1. 26 11月, 2008 1 次提交
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      debugobjects: add boot parameter default value · 3ae70205
      Ingo Molnar 提交于
      Impact: add .config driven boot parameter default value
      
      Right now debugobjects can only be activated if the debug_objects
      boot parameter is passed in via the boot command line.
      
      Make this more convenient (and randomizable) by also providing
      a .config method. Enable it by default. (DEBUG_OBJECTS itself
      is default-off)
      Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      3ae70205
  2. 01 9月, 2008 1 次提交
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      debugobjects: fix lockdep warning · 673d62cc
      Vegard Nossum 提交于
      Daniel J. Blueman reported:
      > =======================================================
      > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
      > 2.6.27-rc4-224c #1
      > -------------------------------------------------------
      > hald/4680 is trying to acquire lock:
      >  (&n->list_lock){++..}, at: [<ffffffff802bfa26>] add_partial+0x26/0x80
      >
      > but task is already holding lock:
      >  (&obj_hash[i].lock){++..}, at: [<ffffffff8041cfdc>]
      > debug_object_free+0x5c/0x120
      
      We fix it by moving the actual freeing to outside the lock (the lock
      now only protects the list).
      
      The pool lock is also promoted to irq-safe (suggested by Dan). It's
      necessary because free_pool is now called outside the irq disabled
      region. So we need to protect against an interrupt handler which calls
      debug_object_init().
      
      [tglx@linutronix.de: added hlist_move_list helper to avoid looping
      		     through the list twice]
      Reported-by: NDaniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NVegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      673d62cc
  3. 27 7月, 2008 1 次提交
  4. 25 7月, 2008 1 次提交
  5. 18 6月, 2008 1 次提交
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      debugobjects: fix lockdep warning · 50db04dd
      Vegard Nossum 提交于
      Daniel J Blueman reported:
      | =======================================================
      | [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
      | 2.6.26-rc5-201c #1
      | -------------------------------------------------------
      | nscd/3669 is trying to acquire lock:
      |  (&n->list_lock){.+..}, at: [<ffffffff802bab03>] deactivate_slab+0x173/0x1e0
      |
      | but task is already holding lock:
      |  (&obj_hash[i].lock){++..}, at: [<ffffffff803fa56f>]
      | __debug_object_init+0x2f/0x350
      |
      | which lock already depends on the new lock.
      
      There are two locks involved here; the first is a SLUB-local lock, and
      the second is a debugobjects-local lock. They are basically taken in two
      different orders:
      
      1. SLUB { debugobjects { ... } }
      2. debugobjects { SLUB { ... } }
      
      This patch changes pattern #2 by trying to fill the memory pool (e.g.
      the call into SLUB/kmalloc()) outside the debugobjects lock, so now the
      two patterns look like this:
      
      1. SLUB { debugobjects { ... } }
      2. SLUB { } debugobjects { ... }
      
      [ daniel.blueman@gmail.com: pool_lock needs to be taken irq safe in fill_pool ]
      Reported-by: NDaniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NVegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      50db04dd
  6. 30 4月, 2008 1 次提交
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      infrastructure to debug (dynamic) objects · 3ac7fe5a
      Thomas Gleixner 提交于
      We can see an ever repeating problem pattern with objects of any kind in the
      kernel:
      
      1) freeing of active objects
      2) reinitialization of active objects
      
      Both problems can be hard to debug because the crash happens at a point where
      we have no chance to decode the root cause anymore.  One problem spot are
      kernel timers, where the detection of the problem often happens in interrupt
      context and usually causes the machine to panic.
      
      While working on a timer related bug report I had to hack specialized code
      into the timer subsystem to get a reasonable hint for the root cause.  This
      debug hack was fine for temporary use, but far from a mergeable solution due
      to the intrusiveness into the timer code.
      
      The code further lacked the ability to detect and report the root cause
      instantly and keep the system operational.
      
      Keeping the system operational is important to get hold of the debug
      information without special debugging aids like serial consoles and special
      knowledge of the bug reporter.
      
      The problems described above are not restricted to timers, but timers tend to
      expose it usually in a full system crash.  Other objects are less explosive,
      but the symptoms caused by such mistakes can be even harder to debug.
      
      Instead of creating specialized debugging code for the timer subsystem a
      generic infrastructure is created which allows developers to verify their code
      and provides an easy to enable debug facility for users in case of trouble.
      
      The debugobjects core code keeps track of operations on static and dynamic
      objects by inserting them into a hashed list and sanity checking them on
      object operations and provides additional checks whenever kernel memory is
      freed.
      
      The tracked object operations are:
      - initializing an object
      - adding an object to a subsystem list
      - deleting an object from a subsystem list
      
      Each operation is sanity checked before the operation is executed and the
      subsystem specific code can provide a fixup function which allows to prevent
      the damage of the operation.  When the sanity check triggers a warning message
      and a stack trace is printed.
      
      The list of operations can be extended if the need arises.  For now it's
      limited to the requirements of the first user (timers).
      
      The core code enqueues the objects into hash buckets.  The hash index is
      generated from the address of the object to simplify the lookup for the check
      on kfree/vfree.  Each bucket has it's own spinlock to avoid contention on a
      global lock.
      
      The debug code can be compiled in without being active.  The runtime overhead
      is minimal and could be optimized by asm alternatives.  A kernel command line
      option enables the debugging code.
      
      Thanks to Ingo Molnar for review, suggestions and cleanup patches.
      Signed-off-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
      Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
      Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      3ac7fe5a